Givi side luggage racks

[Kidder]

Anyone have them? If so, can you post pics, please?

 

[justbob]

No personal experience for me but just passing along some info that I think is very important.
I have a very good friend that had a rack system, Givi or looked just like it.
The rear cross brace goes across inside the rear fender and above the back tire. He had a failure of one of the factory welded tabs and the cross brace dropped down and locked up in the knobbies on the back tire at speed and caused him to go down. NOT GOOD
The SWMotech and maybe some others actually cross outside the fender and attach to the license plate bracket, thats the type I'm going to use.

 

[colorider]

I looked at the Givi rack for the SuperT and considered it for a while. It is a symmetrical rack so if this is not what you want, you may want to look at SW-Motech. If you do want symmetrical, the Hepco Becker looks to be a sturdier setup, although more expensive.

Good Luck!

 

[hANNAbONE]

SWMoto would be the hot setup.
I'd also consider the Hepco Becker too.

 

[elizilla]

Well, I have ordered the Givi rack, because I already have the cases and I wanted the symmetrical rack, and because it looked like the nice solid tubular rack I had on my V-Strom. It's not here yet, but when it arrives and I get it installed, I'll post pictures.

 

[Kidder]

Well, I have ordered the Givi rack, because I already have the cases and I wanted the symmetrical rack, and because it looked like the nice solid tubular rack I had on my V-Strom. It's not here yet, but when it arrives and I get it installed, I'll post pictures.

Thanks, Kathrerine! I look forward to your pics and thoughts/opinion of them.

 

[ptfjjj]

I have Givi racks and like them fine. For now I have a set of Givi E21's on because I really don't need big bags right now, but I wanted the option of swapping back and forth between them and bigger bags when needed. The first time I anticipate the need for bigger bags, I can just get a set of Trekkers and use the same racks. I have pictures in my album here:

http://www.yamahasupertenere.com/index.php?action=media;sa=album;in=21

BTW, the E21's only cost $170 for the pair, and they are great bags for in and around town use.

 

[Kidder]

I have Givi racks and like them fine. For now I have a set of Givi E21's on because I really don't need big bags right now, but I wanted the option of swapping back and forth between them and bigger bags when needed. The first time I anticipate the need for bigger bags, I can just get a set of Trekkers and use the same racks. I have pictures in my album here:

http://www.yamahasupertenere.com/index.php?action=media;sa=album;in=21

BTW, the E21's only cost $170 for the pair, and they are great bags for in and around town use.

So, how does the rear crossbrace attach? Is it just connected to each side or does it mount to the rear fender?

I have E21s and E360s. I use the E21s a lot for 3-4 day trips.

 

[ptfjjj]

So, how does the rear crossbrace attach? Is it just connected to each side or does it mount to the rear fender?

I have E21s and E360s. I use the E21s a lot for 3-4 day trips.

The rack is designed to be quickly removable for when you want to ride without the rack. It uses twist snap connectors that are installed and removed with a special allen type wrench. There are connectors at each handrail bolt, another on each side down at the pillion peg and then the final one attaches to the cross bar which attaches to each side. It runs just inside the fender. The whole setup feels solid to me, and it truly is quickly removable.

I got the racks from the following link which has a pretty good description of how they work:
http://www.amotostuff.com/super_tenere_luggage/PLR367.html

I got the E21's from the same vender. Here is a link to those:
http://www.amotostuff.com/product/E21N.html

 

[terryth]

interesting, Givi doing their take on the sw-motech quick rack idea finally. I had a set of quick racks on my SV1000S with Hepco Becker junior flash side cases that I got about 4 years ago that i will use on my Tenere also with the sw-motech kit for the Tenere. The sw-motech stuff uses a heavy duty 1/2 turn Dzus fasteners for the connections. The Givi ones look more solid, though I have never had an issue with the motech stuff. I like the E21's also though I remember paying 120$ for the pair that I had through about 3 bikes, must have been a while ago

 

[Freebooter]

I have them on my Sup Temere, sides and top box. What to you want to know about them? What sort of pics you need? ][smg id=2539 type=preview align=center caption="image"] I love them. They are roomy and made of silver alluminum or stainless and shouldn'k soak up the sun's heat like Yamaha black ones. The one thing I don't understand is the fact that one key fits ine side n the top box while a another seperarate key fits the other side box. Why so many keys. I'd like to fix it to where my ignition key fits all three.
Freebooter
Alabama

 

[oguzetuna]

this is my bike.

 

[Kurgan]

Well, I have ordered the Givi rack, because I already have the cases and I wanted the symmetrical rack, and because it looked like the nice solid tubular rack I had on my V-Strom. It's not here yet, but when it arrives and I get it installed, I'll post pictures.

Same situation for my wife, she has a full set of Trekkers and the Givi side racks are ordered and should be here tomorrow. We've had the tubular racks on several bikes, including my Vstrom, so there won't be any surprises.